Duke Energy Business Services LLC
DBA DUKE ENERGY - DUKE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
Safety
Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 3,757
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 85
- Annualized
- ≈43 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 293 total · 26 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 26, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 4, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2026 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 26, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2025 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |